Jackson is interested in the effects of violent movies on aggressive behavior. He has some participants in his study watch Grand Torino (his "violent" movie) and others watch Marley and Me (his "nonviolent"movie). Unfortunately, in addition to these movies being very different in their violence level, they also differ in a lot of other ways (one is a comedy, the other isn't, and so forth). This
means that Jackson's study has a ____.
a. factorial design
b. confound
c. nonrandom assignment
d. random assignment
B
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a. incremental b. entity c. sexist d. hereditary
Which of the following is true regarding cross-cultural studies of women's attraction to men's status?
A) The attraction to status only happens in Western cultures. B) The attraction to status only happens in exchange oriented cultures. C) The attraction to status seems consistent across cultures. D) The attraction to status only happens in communally oriented cultures.
According to the triangular theory, when two people are happily dating one another but not making future plans, it is called __________.
A. romantic love B. fatuous love C. companionate love D. infatuated love
What percentage of the population has an intelligence quotient below 100?
A. 75 percent B. 50 percent C. 35 percent D. 10 percent